Top Cast
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Willy Birgel
Rudolf Diesel
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Hilde Weissner
Martha Diesel, seine Frau
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Paul Wegener
Direktor Buz
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Josef Sieber
Martin
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Arthur Schröder
Lucien Vogel
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Erich Ponto
Theodor Diesel
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Hilde von Stolz
Frau von Lorrenz
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Hubert von Meyerinck
Herr von Lorrenz
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Werner Pledath
Prof. Linde
Overview
A German wartime biography of Rudolf Diesel, inventor of the Diesel engine. The movie links the importance of the engine to the war by starting the movie with newsreel clips of German Navy U-boats in action.
Rating
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